KCRA 3 anchor Edie Lambert covered "the trial of the century," as OJ Simpson was accused of murder in Southern California. On Thursday, 20 years later, she shared with us some of the key moments from the infamous trial, including what a challenge it was.

THERE ARE PEOPLE STILL WORKING HERE AT KCRA 3 THAT COVER THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL, INCLUDING OUR VERY OWN EDIE LAMBERT. SHE COVERED THE TRIAL FOR US FROM START TO FINISH. SHE IS ON MATERNITY LEAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT WE WERE ABLE TO CATCH UP WITH HER AND SHE SHARED SEVERAL THINGS SHE REMEMBERED COMING CLEAN WITH A CHALLENGE IT WAS. I HAD JUST STARTED AT KCRA WHEN WE WERE AIRING THE O.J. SIMPSON TRIAL GAVEL-TWO-GAVEL ON KQCA. I DID ANCHOR SOME OF THAT COVERAGE. IT WAS AN ENORMOUS CHALLENGE. THERE WERE RADICALLY DIFFERENT VIEWPOINTS OF THE TRIAL AS IT WAS UNFOLDING AND WE WERE AWARE THAT AS WE WERE PROVIDING CONTEXT TO OUR VIEWERS AS THE TRIAL WAS UNFOLDING. RIDE ALONG RACIAL LINES. PEOPLE THINKING THAT HE WAS ABSOLUTELY INNOCENT. PEOPLE THINKING THAT HE WAS ABSOLUTELY GUILTY. IT WAS SUCH A BIZARRE CONCEPT FOR A LEGAL TEAM AND A CAST OF WITNESSES TO BECOME CELEBRITIES, TO BECOME STARS. THIS IS REALITY TV BEFORE THERE WAS REALITY TV. JOHNNIE COCHRAN, CHRISTOPHER DARDEN, MARCIA CLARK, JUDGE ITO, THESE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEFORE THAT , MAYBE WITH THE EXPECTION OF JENNA COPPIN, HAD LOWER-LEVEL LEGAL CAREERS AND WERE NOT SO MUCH IN THE SPOTLIGHT AND NOW ALL THE SUDDEN WERE IN "PEOPLE MAGAZINE." THE O.J. TRIAL SHOWED NEWSROOMS THAT PEOPLE ARE VERY INTERESTED. ESPECIALLY WHEN IT RISES TO THE LEVEL OF A MURDERER AND THE HEARD THAT RUNS THAT DEEP. THERE IS A LOT OF DRAMA IN THAT ONE ROOM AND PEOPLE ARE INTERESTED IN IT. THE ENTIRE NATION WAS TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER THEY TRUSTED DNA EVIDENCE. THE ENTIRE NATION WAS WATCHING THE SCIENTIFIC DEBATE UNFOLD ON LIVE TELEVISION AS TO -- WAS THE COLLECTION OF IT APPROPRIATE? COULD IT HAVE BEEN CONTAMINATED? EVEN IF IT HADN'T, IS IT TRULY OVERWHELMING THAT IT POINTS TO ONE PERSON? JOHNNIE COCHRAN WAS A MASTER AT COMING UP WITH THOSE KEY PHRASES. YOU HAVE TO THINK THAT THAT STYLE OF DEFENSE WORK WAS DESIGNED FOR A JURY SO THAT THEY HAD THOSE PHRASES -- IF IT DOESN'T FIT, YOU MUST ACQUIT -- THAT THEY WOULD WALK INTO THE JURY BOX WITH THOSE PHRASES. WHEN THE TRIAL WAS TELEVISED, ALL OF US WERE WALKING AROUND WITH THOSE PHRASES IN OUR HEADS. HE WAS JUST A MASTER AT THAT. AT THE TIME, IT SEEMED REALLY EXTREME, THE AMOUNT OF INTEREST AND THE AMOUNT OF COVERAGE OF THE ARREST AND THE TRIAL AND EVERYTHING SURROUNDING O.J. SIMPSON. BUT IN RETROSPECT, THAT JUST STARTED AN AVALANCHE OF IT. IF ANYTHING, WE ARE SEEING MUCH MORE OF THAT TODAY. I THINK SOCIAL MEDIA PLAYS A PART IN THAT, TOO. CAN YOU IMAGINE IF WE HAD SOCIAL MEDIA AND FACEBOOK AND TWITTER BACK THEN? I'M TRYING TO DO MY STORY THE NIGHT OF THE CHASE, SOMETHING DIFFERENT. AND I COULDN'T GET IT DONE BECAUSE EVERYBODY WAS WATCHING THE TELEVISION. IT WAS ONE OF THOSE COMMUNAL EVENTS FOR THE NATION. IT REALLY CHANGED THE WAY PEOPLE LOOK AT THE LEGAL SYSTEM A LITTLE BIT, CERTAINLY AS THEY WATCH THE TRIAL PLAY OUT AND WITH THE VERDICT. IT BECAME LARGER THAN LIFE AND IT IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT PEOPLE KNOW WHERE THEY WERE WHEN IT HAPPENED. IT WAS GREAT TO SEE HER.